Gentle Reads Fiction

  A Lowcountry Bride by Preslaysa Williams Women's Fiction (though it's officially categorized as romance), Contemporary Returning to Charleston presents clothing designer Maya Jackson with business—and romantic—prospects she may not be ready for. Book One in a series. — Content note : The (off-page) Charleston church shooting of 2015 is a part of the backstory in this novel. Add  A Lowcountry Bride  on Goodreads The Healing Summer by Heather B. Moore Women's Fiction, Contemporary Widow Maggie Howard wishes to return to San Francisco to find out what happened to the man who saved her life over seventy years ago.  She invites her newly divorced neighbor, Jo Sampson, to travel with her, and the two women begin to form a strong bond. Add  The Healing Summer  on Goodreads The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Women's Fiction, Historical, Literary After World War II, writer Juliet Ashton may find inspiration with a hodgepodge

All I Want for Christmas: A Peace Country Story by Talena Winters Christmas, Contemporary, Small-Town, Short Read Kids like twelve-year-old Trevor don’t get anything from Santa—let alone parents. Prequel to a series. Add All I Want for Christmas on Goodreads "A Christmas Party That Prevented a Split in the Church" by Margaret Black Christmas, Vintage, Short Read, Small-Town The women of a village church prepare for the arrival of a new, young minister—who happens to be single. — Notes : Pictured above is fan art by Nadine C. Keels, not an official book cover. You can find this holiday tale in  A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories,  though not all of the stories in the collection are gentle reads. Add  A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories  on Goodreads Secret Santa by Robert Tate Miller and Beth Polson Christmas, Contemporary, Small-Town, Short Read Recently dumped and feeling less than Christmassy, reporter Rebecca Chandler is determined to discover a

"A Christmas Party That Prevented a Split in the Church" by Margaret Black Vintage, Christmas, Short Read, Small-Town The women of a village church prepare for the arrival of a new, young minister—who happens to be single. — Notes : Pictured above is fan art by Nadine C. Keels, not an official book cover. You can find this holiday tale in A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories,  though not all of the stories in the collection are gentle reads. Add  A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories  on Goodreads My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Short Reads, Vintage, Humor Come along for a series of hijinks in New York City with a hapless English gentleman, Bertie Wooster, and his ingenious valet, Jeeves! Granted, you'll spend half the time here with Reggie Pepper—an early Wooster prototype, don't you know. Book One in a series. — Notes : Pictured above is fan art by Nadine C. Keels, not an official book cover. A few of the stories in this collection have brief

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Historical, Literary, Women's Fiction After World War II, writer Juliet Ashton may find inspiration with a hodgepodge of book club members on the island of Guernsey. (Book contains a minimal amount of profanity.) Add The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society on Goodreads The Plums Hang High by Gertrude E. Finney Historical, Vintage, Biographical Novel Hannah Maria and her husband Jethro sail from England to America, planning to pluck down one of the American fortunes said to grow like plums on trees. But what might it take to reach such plums? Add The Plums Hang High on Goodreads Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan Historical, Vintage, Children's/Family Fiction, Short Read Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton comes from Maine to the prairie in answer to an advertisement for a wife and mother. An advertisement sent by Anna and Caleb's papa. Book One in a series. Add Sarah, Plain and Tal

Miramar Bay by Davis Bunn Contemporary, Small-Town Connor Larkin puts his acting career on hold and visits the seaside town of Miramar Bay—where Sylvie Cassick, the owner of Castaways restaurant, inspires Connor to start making different choices for his life. Book One in a series. Add Miramar Bay on Goodreads Cape Light by Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer Contemporary, Small-Town What would it be like to step into a Thomas Kinkade painting and to take a stroll around the town there to meet some of its people? Book One in a series. Add Cape Light on Goodreads At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon Contemporary, Small-Town Father Tim, a bachelor, keeps so busy taking care of his parishioners. But now that he's turning sixty, Father Tim's got to find a way to take better care of himself. Book One in a series. Add At Home in Mitford  on Goodreads Home to Harmony by Philip Gulley Contemporary, Small-Town Welcome to Harmony! Minister Sam Gardner has his hands more than full during his